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By Wayne Roberts
Citywatch: Whether it's action or traction in the food world, cities are stepping up to the plate. The world is fast going urban, as are challenges of social, economic and environmental well-being. Citywatch is crucial to Worldwatch. Wayne Roberts, retired manager of the world-renowned Toronto Food Policy Council, has his eye out for the future of food in the city.
My first memory is of Riverdale Park near downtown Toronto. My grandpa spent the day with me there on September 26 many years ago, while my parents were at the hospital bringing my new baby sister into the world.
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Though the park was only a block away from our apartment, it was a big outing for me—a special treat that told me I was still special and that there was still more than enough love to go around for me, and plenty of people and places to share it. I was only four years old, but how can anyone forget a whole day with a grandpa in a lovely little corner park that was part zoo and part farm, and had all sorts of animals to pet and snuggle up to. A kid's version of a place of one's own, evocative hideaway central to what Gary Paul Nabhan calls The Geography of Childhood.
I wonder if that glistening memory of special people and places that were there for me on a big day prepared me many decades later to hear a new word that may well freshen up our understanding of cities in this century – not just as centers of crowds, excitement, entertainment, or business opportunity, but centers of cohesion, perhaps environmental as well as social cohesion.
Food planning can play a lead role in ensuring that food provides what's needed to stick to the ribs of city cohesion. The historic neighborhood surrounding Riverdale Park is known as Cabbagetown, a reminder that locals once used their backyards to grow their own food, and the park has blossomed into a food-centered place where organic farmers markets and open air baking ovens match the century-old farm theme. It's become what planners call "a third place," the runner up just behind home and workplace where people like to "hang" during some free time – a concept I usually explain as being something like the old hit TV series, Cheers.
Riverdale Park, along with a wide range of similarly-inspired places throughout the city, are high on the public mind these days because a new civic administration aims to cut the city budget down to size by chopping services that are "nice to have," but not "need to have." Defenders of these social services, mindful of Toronto's reputation as "the city that works" — also the most multicultural city in the world, a transformation that has been managed without any bitter or polarizing clashes – have pinpointed cohesion as the invisible but "need to have" force that makes the city work.
Back in July, when the City Executive held its first all-nighter pajama party for hundreds of citizens who deputed against budget cuts, FoodShare head Debbie Field tossed off a line at 1:30 in the morning. One of a city's core responsibilities is to maintain social cohesion, said Field, executive director of the largest citywide food security organization in North America.
I jotted her phrase down in my "mull it over" file, and it came rushing back to me a few weeks later when the ghettoes of southern England broke out in riot. Stores were looted for bling that is normally only accessible to people who believe they've earned their money the hard way, through real estate and stock market speculation. Suddenly the whole world saw the reality TV version of what happens to people who are deprived of many things, among them cohesion.
It suddenly became clear that cohesion is a lot more effective, safe and economical than the sheer force of law. Cohesion has what might be called a "social system value" that adds a layer of worth to what economists are increasingly calling "ecosystem values."
Champions of neighborhood parks and planted boulevards argue effectively that the "urban forest" has an invisible "ecosystem value" that more than pays for any costs through savings on home energy bills, because trees cool a street in summertime and absorb chilling winds in winter, thereby saving heating and cooling bills for nearby homes. Likewise, the sense of place, belonging, sharing and connection learned in neighborhood parks more than pays for any costs by savings on expenses of dealing with social breakdown.
My guess is that cohesion will become one of the watchwords of 21st century city planning. Now that most humans are urbanized, the very density of daily life means that good and bad "contagions" – from exciting new niche markets and social trends to worrisome bedbugs, germs and demoralization — travel very quickly, easily bypassing the flimsy barriers of gated communities based on racial and income exclusion.
I'm thinking of cohesion as the social force akin to "core strength" in the body —which protects the nervous system and spine while various limbs are stretched and extended beyond their comfort level.
Like the force behind gravity, cohesion is invisible, but unlike gravity it pulls up, down and sideways toward the centre —the countervailing and balancing force to all the centripetal pressures from pursuing individual, sectoral and class interests. It may be that cohesion is the social and cultural force that counters the effect of entropy, allowing human societies to move human energy toward organization, rather than giving in to disorganization — as heat, light and other forms of energy do when they inevitably lose force. Hot baths eventually become cold, as do hot fires, but hot ideas and trends, not to mention the positive magnetic energy of certain people, can gather force as they go.
Food has always been the tie that binds and makes for human cohesion, since the days when humans hunted and gathered and shared whatever was caught and found, gathering around a fire to eat together and tell stories.
Cohesive forces used to operate for minimal cost in olden days when cities were smaller, more homogeneous and less complex. In those times, the pillars of cohesion were informal and formal institutions, such as family, neighborhood, church and workplace – all more fixed than anything that exists today.
Cities face a fiscal crisis because they've been left to pick up the costs of cohesion that were once performed informally and for free.
In today's world, food projects remain the most economical and effective ways for cities to produce cohesion services. Community gardens, school gardens, and farmers markets are among the best community-building and capacity building sources around. My own favorite is the baking oven in neighborhood parks — what gathering in kitchens is to house parties, and what the barbeque is to extended family get-togethers, the baking oven is to hanging out in neighborhood parks.
The baking oven is one of the centerpieces of Riverdale Park, perhaps helping some young child and grandpa today see how the glow of an oven can shed light on the true richness of life.
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This figures to be a monumental week for gay rights in the United States, as the Supreme Court will review the issue of same-sex marriage for the first time.
And while the matter plays out on the nation's largest legal stage over the next few weeks, it may also make headlines on the nation's largest sporting stage, the NFL.
Mike Freeman of CBS Sports wrote Monday that sources have told him that a gay NFL player is considering coming out over the next few months:
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Interestingly, sources told Freeman that the player's concern is not with the reaction of his teammates or other NFL players. Rather, he is more worried about how fans will take the news. And according to free agent linebacker Scott Fujita, who recently penned an essay in the New York Times promoting marriage equality, a gay player coming out wouldn't cause as much of a stir amongst NFL players as some people think it would.
"I honestly think the players of the NFL have been ready for an openly gay player for quite some time now," Fujita told Freeman. "Trust me, the coming out of a player would create much bigger waves outside the locker room than inside. The way I've seen the conversation around LGBT issues evolve, especially in the past few years, has been encouraging. Guys are more accepting than they used to be."
Fujita is one of several high-profile football players to take a stand for gay rights. Baltimore Ravens linebacker Brandon Ayanbadejo, who plans to be at a rally on Tuesday in front of the Supreme Court, was one of the first players to voice his support for gay rights. Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe has also been a strong advocate for the issue.
For his part, Ayanbadejo said he thinks an NFL player will come out soon, but he did not reveal a date. In a recent interview with USA Today, Ayanbadejo said he thinks a baseball player will come out before a football or basketball player.
"I think it will happen in baseball sooner than in football or basketball," Ayanbadejo said."The reason I say that is because I think there is less of a connection to religion in baseball. The religious roots are a lot deeper in basketball and football. With that being said, I think baseball players are more open minded."
NFL teams were criticized last month when several college players said that, during routine interviews, they were asked about their sexual orientation. Since then the league has announced that executives will meet with groups representing the gay community to review its policies.

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Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found that post-operative radiation therapy (PORT), a controversial yet frequently administered treatment for lung cancer, may not prolong life in older people with locally advanced disease. The findings appear in the February 13 online edition of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society.
In patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), the standard of care is surgery to remove the tumor. However, in patients with stage III disease and involvement of a type of lymph node called N2, clinicians will often prescribe a course of PORT to improve outcomes.
"While some analyses have shown improvement with PORT, the data are not strong enough to support using it as a standard of care in older adults with this type of lung cancer," said Juan Wisnivesky, MD, DrPH, Vice-Chair for Research in the Department of Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and lead author on the study. "Our results show that we need more information about the potential benefits of radiation therapy before it is used routinely to treat these patients, especially considering the side effects associated with it."
The research team identified 1,307 cases of stage III NSCLC with N2 lymph node involvement between 1992 and 2005 using the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER)-Medicare registry, which links cancer incidence and survival data to a master file of Medicare records. Overall, 710, or 54 percent, of these patients aged 66 and up received PORT after their tumor was removed. The researchers found that one-year and three-year survival was not improved in the group receiving PORT compared to the group that did not receive it. The researchers concluded that use of PORT should be limited until definitive data is available.
"Our study indicates that clinicians should refrain from widespread use of PORT in elderly patients with this cancer subtype until we know more," said Dr. Wisnivesky. "A randomized and controlled trial is required to fully assess any benefit, and such trials are ongoing now."
Funding for this study was provided by the Applied Research Branch of the Division of Cancer Prevention and Population Science of the National Cancer Institute.
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Textbook for dance methods courses. Reference for K-12 dance educators and physical educators, dance specialists, drama teachers, and music teachers.
Gayle Kassing and Danielle M. Jay have taught dance technique and pedagogy, dance methods, and curriculum design in dance teacher education preparation programs in both physical education and fine arts departments for more than 25 years. Many of their former students are now professionals in K–12 dance education programs.
Drs. Kassing and Jay have helped write state curriculum guidelines and dance teacher certification tests and have presented nationally on teaching methodologies. The two have coauthored one previous book, Teaching Beginning Ballet Technique. Dr. Kassing—a former publications director for the National Dance Association (NDA)—is the media author of Interactive Beginning Ballet Technique, an interactive multimedia CD-ROM for students. Both have received Outstanding Young Women of America awards from the Outstanding Young Women of America Program. Both authors hold PhDs in dance and related arts and belong to the NDA and National Dance Education Organization. Dr. Jay has served on the committee that selects the NDA Dance Educator of the Year award.
Dr. Kassing lives in Champaign, Illinois, where she is an acquisitions editor in Human Kinetics' division of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. As a professional dancer, she performed ballet, modern dance, and musical theatre. Dr. Kassing has taught dance in university physical education and fine arts departments and elementary public magnet schools. She administered university dance and fine arts programs and was a Florida Artist in Residence for two terms. She has conducted dance workshops in public schools for state departments of education, in graduate programs, and for professional organizations. In her free time, Kassing enjoys spending time with her family and close friends, walking, reading, and traveling.
Dr. Jay is a professor of dance education at Northern Illinois University. A student of ballet since the age of three, she has studied with Margaret Craske and Celene Keller at Jacob's Pillow; with David McLain, David Blackburn, and Oleg Sabline at the University of Cincinnati; and with Grace Thomas, a soloist with the Radio City Ballet. Dr. Jay lives in Sycamore, Illinois; her favorite leisure-time activities include spending time with her relatives and close friends, reading, and choreographing.
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YORK, Pa. – The York College women's field hockey team scored six goals and earned their first win of the season against Randolph-Macon Saturday during the consolation game of the York College Classic.
The Spartans came out on fire in the first half. Junior Jillian Brezgel (Herndon, Pa./Line Mountain) scored one of her two goals just 2:28 into the game off a rocket pass from senior Ashton Burk (Glen Rock, Pa./Susquehannock). Less then five minutes later, sophomore midfielder Nancy Saylor (Manheim, Pa./Manheim Central) scored the second goal of the game. York was able to hold Randolph-Macon to just one shot in the first 25 minutes of the game.
The Yellow Jackets were able to score a goal on a questionable penalty stroke with 5:29 left in the first half. The Spartans did not let down and continued their offensive push going into halftime.
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Randolph-Macon then went on to score two goals and pushed for a come back. Sophomore Carrie Jacobs scored her second goal of the game at 52:58. She then went on to earn a hat trick and scored her third goal of the game with 9:19 left in the second half. York answered the Yellow Jackets two goals by scoring the final goal of the game as Burk recorded her first career goal at 68:31.
The Green and White held a 37-9 advantage in shots, as well as a 13-9 advantage in penalty corners. Woodworth had 13 saves in 52:55 of action for the Yellow Jackets. The Spartans' Brittany Alvarado (South Plainfield, N.J./South Plainfield) made her first collegiate start in goal and recorded two saves.
York played extremely offensive throughout the game with nine different players getting shots off. Junior Madi Wilt (Harwood, Md./Kent Island) and Reich each tallied eight shots, while Ashton Burk had six shots all on goal.
"It was a good win, an overall team effort that earned them the victory today," said head coach Jamie Swartz.
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|Washington Nationals designated C Luke Montz for assignment.
|September 10, 2009
|Harrisburg Senators designated C Luke Montz for assignment.
|May 28, 2009
|Washington Nationals optioned C Luke Montz to Harrisburg Senators.
|May 27, 2009
|Washington Nationals recalled Luke Montz from Harrisburg Senators.
|May 1, 2009
|Luke Montz assigned to Harrisburg Senators from Syracuse Chiefs.
Luke Montz…is married, Kerry…graduated from Acadiana High School (LA) in 2001…attended Hill Junior College in Hillsboro, Texas…hit .350 as a freshman and .340 as a sophomore2013
Returned to the majors for the first time in five years, batting .179 with five RBI in 13 games during a one-month stay with the A's…four of his five hits were for extra bases (three doubles, one home run)… went 5-for-25 (.200) against left-handed pitching, 0-for-3 against right-handers…made eight starts at designated hitter and also appeared in one inning at first base May 7 at Cleveland…was 1-for-5 (.200) as a pinch hitter…was selected from Triple-A Sacramento May 1 and went 1-for-4 with a double in a start at designated hitter that day against Los Angeles (AL)…had two hits, including his lone home run May 5 at New York (AL)…went 3-for-11 (.273) with two RBI over his first three games, 2-for-17 (.118) with three RBI over his final 10 contests…was optioned to Sacramento May 31.2012 Batted .222 with 29 home runs and 74 RBI in 123 games for Triple-A New Orleans in the Miami organization...the home runs were a career-high, ranked second in the Pacific Coast League and tied for sixth in all of the minor leagues...led the Zephyrs in games, home runs and RBI and was second in strikeouts (101)...batted .248 (31-for-125) with 13 home runs against left-handed pitching compared to .208 (51- for-245) with 16 home runs against right-handers...slugged .608 against lefties compared to .437 against righties...hit .247 with runners in scoring position but batted .184 with RISP and two outs...was 5-for- 13 (.385) with two grand slams and 19 RBI with the bases loaded...appeared in 52 games at first base, 40 at catcher and four in left field...hit .205 in 11 games as the designated hitter and was also 1-for-14 (.071) with three walks, a double and RBI as a pinch hitter...tossed out 5-of-30 (16.7%) attempted base stealers...hit in every spot in the order except second and third...saw his most action with 27 games hitting fourth and sixth...played for Mexicali in the Mexican-Pacific Winter League following the season and batted .246 with nine home runs and 31 RBI in 36 games. 2011 Spent season at double-A Jacksonville and led Suns in doubles, home runs and RBI, ranked second in hits and runs scored, earning Southern League All-Star honors. Ranked third in SL in walks and fourth in home runs. Walks total ranked ninth among all double-A players...Also ranked fourth in SL in on-base percentage and OPS (.900), sixth in slugging percentage, ninth in walk-to-strikeout ratio (0.78) and 10th in RBI...Tallied a season-high five RBI on May 6 at Huntsville, going 2x4 with a double and home run. Equaled total on May 16 at Mississippi with a 3x4 day that included a double and home run...Earned SL Player of the Week honors from May 2-8 after batting .438 (7x16) with eight runs scored, three doubles, three home runs and 10 RBI in six games...Connected for his only grand slam of season on June 10 in a 10-inning, 6-5 win over Montgomery...Tallied a season-best three hits four times; April 16 at Jackson, May 16 at Mississippi, May 27 at Montgomery and July 3 vs. Birmingham...Best offensive month came in June, when he hit .321 (26x81) with 15 runs scored, five doubles, five home runs and 17 RBI...Hit left-handed pitchers at a .351 clip (40x114) with 12 doubles and 12 home runs. Average dipped to .242 (68x281) against right-handers...Appeared at catcher, first base, left field, right field, designated hitter and pinchhitter...Following the season, played for Gigantes del Cibao in the Dominican Winter League. 2009 Began the year with Syracuse (AAA) of the International League...Appeared in 12 games before he was optioned to Harrisburg (AA) of the Eastern League on April 31st...Caught 68 games at Harrisburg...Also played six games at first base and two contests at third base...Hit home runs in consecutive games, June 18th vs. Binghamton and June 20th at Reading. 2008 After playing in 100 or more games for the first time, unexpectedly had contract selected from Triple-A Columbus on September 2 when Jesus Flores sustained an ankle injury in home-plate collision with Chase Utley on September 2 vs. PHI...made big league debut as starting catcher, September 4 at ATL...formed battery with RHP Shairon Martis, who was also making his big league debut...thus, formed the first battery in which both the pitcher and catcher were making an MLB debut since Luther Hackman and Ben Petrick turned the trick for COL, September 1, 1999 vs. PIT.....first big league hit was RBI single, September 14 at FLA, off Anibal Sanchez...clubbed first big league homer, a solo blast off Kyle Kendrick, on final day of season, September 28 at PHI...gunned down 3 of 9 (33%) would-be basestealers. 2007 Combined to hit .254 with 12 home runs and 58 RBI in 100 games with Potomac (A) of the Carolina League and Harrisburg (AA) of the Eastern League. 2006 Finished fourth in the Carolina League in RBI and sixth in home runs. 2005 Hit a career-best 19 home runs for Savannah (A) of the South Atlantic League. 2004 Belted 10 home runs in 62 games for Vermont (A) of the New York-Penn League. 2003 Made his professional debut with the rookie-level Gulf Coast Expos.


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This recipe from Trina Gallop marks the end of our month-long (and then some!) celebration of coconut flour. Trina blogs at Will Cook For Shoes where she shares her love of food, photography, and Basset Hounds. Beyond her lovely photography, we've really enjoyed reading about her experience with cake decorating.
Gluten-Free Cherry Coconut Banana Bread
This is so tender and tasty; you won't even know it's gluten free!
- ½ cup Butter, room temperature
- 1 cup Granulated Sugar
- 2 large Eggs
- ½ cup Coconut Flour
- ½ cup Rice Flour
- ¼ cup Tapioca Starch
- ¼ cup Potato Starch
- 1 tsp Xanthan Gum
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
- 1 tsp Salt
- 3 very ripe Bananas, mashed
- 2/3 cup Cherry Yogurt
- ½ cup Angel Flaked Coconut
- 1 tsp Vanilla
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Line a loaf pan with parchment and give a quick spray with no-stick Pam; set aside.
Cream butter and sugar with a mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs and fully incorporate.
In a medium bowl, whisk together flours/starches, xanthan gum, baking soda, and salt. Add to the butter mixture. Mix until just combined.
Add bananas, yogurt, coconut, and vanilla. Mix to combine (but don't overmix).
Pour into prepared pan.
Bake about 1 hour 10 minutes. If the top of the bread starts to darken around the 50 minute mark, cover loosely with foil for the remaining 20 minutes.
Let cool for approximately 10-20 minutes. Turn out onto a rack to completely cool.


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|1st April 2007, 03:28 AM
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Isonic 111 speed
I have an Isonic 111 and have been absolutely amazed at the ease of sailing it. It is really confortable, it planes relatively early and is quite intuitive to sail.
But... with the larger fin I am finding it is not that quick. In fact, I am struggling to get it over 28 knots with a 7m sail. I am quite convinced that this has everything to do with me and very little with the board, but have also started to worry about the fin. The larger stock fin (42cm) is the only one - it seems - that isn't a Deboichet shape and perhaps this has something to do with its performance.
With the larger and smaller Deboichet fins both my Is 97 and 133 absolutely fly! So why doesn't the Is 111? Have I overfinned it with the 7m and 42cm fin?
Any tips welcome
|1st April 2007, 04:15 AM
RE: Isonic 111 speed
Hmm. I would guess you have been using the wrong fin. On my iSonic 105, I put an 8.0 on it with a 40cm fin. Have you tried the smaller fin yet? You might not get up on a plane as easily, but once powered up, I would think you'd do fine. When I'm really powered up, I'll use my 34cm fin with the same 8.0.
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|1st April 2007, 03:16 PM
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RE: Isonic 111 speed
I'm pretty interested in that as I'm just waiting the 111...
In my opinion you have to consider that 30 kns speed wall it's not so easy to overtaking and one important factor to better understand your feeling is how much wind did powered you in that case.
When it comes to fin lenght related to board/sail combo a very important thing to think is to know if you wanna blast or what else.
Thinking at purchased fins,please,consider that they are supplied for keeping the wider wind/sail range possible so,maybe,it didn't match the condition you've found.Plus,I think,you can't expect too much in top range performance by these fins.
If you wanna reach a high speed in 7,0,according on what Remi suggested,you should try a Debo sl2 36 and use a cambered sail.
|1st April 2007, 10:23 PM
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RE: Isonic 111 speed
It of course might be the fin and you can of course try thowing money at it (other fins may definitely be faster).
Question is:
Have you already passed the 30kts with a different board or is this your first attempt to.
If its your first attempt you will have to get used to going that fast and improve over time.
If you already are used to travelling at 30+ Kts I would still give it a few goes before throwing money at a fin.
To be fast YOU have to be fast. Good equipment will make it easier but it is still YOU that makes it happen.
|1st April 2007, 11:33 PM
RE: Isonic 111 speed
As a recent owner of an Isonic 111 (sailed 6 sessions) I can say that the 42 cm fin is not suitable for speed while powered with a 7.0 sail . I use the 111 with a 7.7 Severne code red sail in the 12-18 knots range with the stock drake 360 fin (good upwind performance, no spinouts, high downwind speed).
The max gps speed I measured is 31 knots in far from ideal speed conditions (gusty-medium chopp).
I guess that for a 6.7 or 7.0 sail, when powered at the 15/20 knots range the ideal fin size is between 34/36 cm, and a skilled sailor would reach 34/35 + knots in flat water.
As your IS111 comes equiped with both fins (42 and 36) you can try this without buy a new one for the first trials, then you can try more speed dedicated fins in order to improve your results.
Please tell me your experience later .
The chassis:
Isonic 2009 122/101/86 , F2 Mauiproject W 90 lts
The motors:
Slalom: Code red 8.8 NP RSR 7.8/6.7 evo/6.2 evo NP RS6 5.4
Wave: NP zone 4.4 North Ice 4.7/5.3
The rider: Age 48 (yeah, I know, so old, but still on form)
Height 1,84 m
Weight 87 kg
|3rd April 2007, 07:54 PM
RE: Isonic 111 speed
Hi Mezza:
my top speed with iS111/42/SSR7,6=32,5kn. I am 92kg and 184cm. Because of the wide tail(49,2cm) the iS111 works never with the small 36cm fin. It needs lift from the fin to plane free and adjustments to ride it mainly with the back feet. Pull down your sail for more loose leech, rise the boom until you have main press on the back feet and position the power joint in the middle of the box. Have fun!!
|3rd April 2007, 08:54 PM
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RE: Isonic 111 speed
So Peter what's in your opinion the smallest sail/fin that the board can match at 85 kg ? 6,7 and 38 sl2 ?
If so I presume that a 42 will match good the 7,8....
I'm still waiting a bit for placing the order of the fins....
|4th April 2007, 04:48 AM
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RE: Isonic 111 speed
Sorry, I don't agree with Peter here but I think we are talking cross purposes. My experience is that the 36cm works absolutely fine in higher winds. I just need to work out when to start using it and I have a feeling that the 36 is actually better matched to the 7m sail than the 42.
Outright speed is affected by the size of the fin (but of course limited by the size (width) of the board). In 20 knots I can still hang on to my 7m with ease but the Is 111 with the 42 fin has become uncontrollable. To much lift means it starts to tail walk and in some cases literally takes off. The answer is to fin down, which is fine if you are looking for outright speed, because you are by definition sailing off the wind.
Anyway - the real question is whether the 42 stock fin is holding the board back? I still feel that it might.
|4th April 2007, 02:10 PM
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RE: Isonic 111 speed
To me its seems pretty obvious that a 42 cm. fin is holding you back with a 7.0 sail.
What fin/sail combos do you use on the 94?
|4th April 2007, 03:55 PM
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RE: Isonic 111 speed
Fin cm lenght is not the only parametre to watch.Don't forget cmq of it.And,what about profile?
If we speak of sl2 on 7,0 anything from 38 to 42 will work.
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I haven't used LibraryThing because I know if I started I would become obsessive and not stop, which means I'd spend all my waking hours cataloguing my books. So I never knew about some of the fun to be had with LibraryThing until I saw this great linkdump from Free Range Librarian with a link to ... are you ready......
which is a group pulling together information on the personal libraries (some in progress, some complete) of various famous dead people. For instance: James Joyce, Karen Blixen, Danilo Kis, Sylvia Plath, Walker Percy, Ezra Pound, Robert E. Howard, and Tupac Shakur.
Alas, no Borges. Yet.


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A Christmas Wish for a Miracle Baby's Family
ALBANY – Christmas came early for Amy and Eric Dolloff's family when they and their four children visited several of the Disney theme parks in Orlando, FL, Nov. 8 to Nov. 14.Make-a-Wish Vermont paid all the expenses of the trip. The family stayed at Give the Kids the World, a special resort for Make-a-Wish families. The family qualified for the trip because their two-year-old son, Gabriel Dolloff, has numerous medical problems including Down syndrome and leukemia. The Dolloffs have three other children who range in age from toddler to teenager. "I knew the kids would have fun and I knew the kids needed it," said Amy Dolloff of the trip, "since Gabriel has been born, all the money goes to him. There is not much extra. We promised them a Christmas tree so we got them a tree, but we told them there may not be much under the tree."Amy Dolloff said the family could never afford the much-needed trip. On the last day, it hit her that it was back to reality for her and the rest of the family. "I knew my kids' childhood was ending tomorrow," she recalled of that day. Gabriel's medical problems started long before he was born. At 31 weeks into the pregnancy, the family knew there was a problem. Amy Dolloff went to the doctor for an ultrasound that took longer than expected. The technician called in a radiologist and Eric Dolloff. "The OB said they could fill a text book and be prepared for anything," Amy Dolloff said. "I asked, 'What do you mean?' She goes, 'I don't think he's going to make it to birth.' Basically we had to prepare for a funeral."Gabriel was born at 33 weeks. Amy Dolloff recalls very little about that night but knows her husband made the two-hour trip from their home to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in one hour. Gabriel was born later that night and doctors immediately whisked him to the neonatal intensive care unit. Amy Dolloff didn't see her son until two hours later, after doctors ventilated him.Doctors intubated Gabriel for four days. He was expected to go home two months after being born but, on what was his original due date, he went in for surgery so doctors could open up his airway. However, the surgery didn't work. One week later, doctors had to perform a trach and put in a feeding tube in his stomach. Gabriel, for a second time, started going into self-induced comas and was put on a ventilator once again. Gabriel went home after being given caffeine to help him breathe and trigger the vent. Eight months later, doctors checked Gabriel into Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center for leukemia. Doctors eventually put Gabriel into a medical coma."No matter how they tweaked the ventilator, he would override everything they did," Amy Dolloff said. She said Gabriel developed acute respiratory distress syndrome. "They called him a miracle. He wasn't supposed to come home."At one point, Gabriel had 13 pumps on him and the family only had one place where members could touch him. Nobody expected Gabriel to make it home again. The family started to talk to doctors about what to do if Gabriel's heart stopped beating. Late one night, Eric Dolloff called Amy Dolloff who was at David's House, a special house fat DHMC or families of sick children, and told her to get the hospital. "He said, 'You need to get over here.' I asked, 'What's going on?' Again he said, 'You need to get over here,'" recalled Amy Dolloff. "They were bagging Gabriel."Amy Dolloff soon found out where to find the softest tissues at the hospital. Gabriel ended up pulling through and doctors brought Gabriel out of the comma and soon the family was able to bring their son home. However, doctors decided it was best to stop treatments."It was hard for us to hear," said Amy Dolloff. "My husband wanted to get in the car and drive to any hospital that would help."However, Gabriel was too weak to receive any treatments. February will make it two years since he's been in remission. If leukemia returns, Gabriel will receive hospice treatment because he is not a candidate for bone marrow treatment."He's here and he's healthy," said Amy Dolloff as she hugged Gabriel and looked at the Christmas tree in the corner of the room.


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A father takes his three sons to a hypnotist's show. Called onto the stage, the father's cool self-possession and confidence seem to prevail, and he walks away, claiming no effect. They leave the show, he drops his sons off and drives away. We learn later that he has taken his passport and emptied the family bank account. The boys will not see him again until they are adults.
Arthur Friedland's abandonment of his children is the tragedy at the center of this beautifully translated novel by German-Austrian author Daniel Kehlmann. When we next meet the brothers, they are grown, and each is experiencing a crisis of sorts. Martin, the son of an earlier marriage, is overweight, socially awkward and still obsessed with the Rubik's Cube his father gave him as a boy. Although now an ordained priest, he cannot manage to conjure actual belief in even the most basic tenets of faith.
Martin's half-brothers — identical twins Eric and Ivan — had been inseparable (and indistinguishable) as boys but are now drawn apart by the secrets they keep from each other. Eric is a businessman whose financial misdeeds are about to catch up with him; Ivan is an art dealer and forger. In fact, all three brothers are fraudsters of one kind or another, and through them, Kehlmann, with dry wit, philosophical wonderings and relentless pessimism, examines the detail of lives lived without integrity.
None of the Friedland men are very good at life. Plaintively, one of them muses: "How did other people know how to behave, where was it written, how did you learn it?" Do their problems all stem from Arthur's disappearance? Did something happen to him on that stage with the hypnotist to make him run away from his life and his family? Or is the state of mind that makes for disconnection and disaffection just our lot as humans in complex modern times?
In chapters that switch point of view to focus on each family member in turn, Kehlmann narrates the lives of the brothers during the summer of 2008, just before the global financial crisis, as the deceptions upon which their respective existences are built are threatened with exposure.
This is a book for the reader who doesn't mind working hard. In one exceptional chapter, there is an anecdotal genealogy-in-reverse that tracks the lives of Arthur's ancestors across the globe and through the centuries. It's an object lesson in compression made all the more intriguing by the fact that, taking into account the abandoned babies and disappearing fathers, it's a lineage that cannot possibly be verified. And yet the reader is compelled by the recurring talents and fates that mark the family history.
Kehlmann's prose is sophisticated and often dense, his musings on religion, art and life are intellectually rigorous, and his plotting masterful in the linking of the story's separate narratives with overlaps that, when revealed, surprise and shock the reader. Despite the fact that I did not find a single likeable character here — each too deeply flawed and unpleasant to be comfortably deserving of empathy — the challenge made this a hugely rewarding read. After all, as Arthur tells one of his sons: "A life doesn't last long, Ivan. If you're not careful, you squander it in stupidities."
Recent research shows that works in translation account for approximately 3 percent of all books published annually in the U.S. and the U.K. Fiction's slice is an even smaller fraction. Thank the publishing gods, then, for the work of translators such as Carol Brown Janeway. Even a writer of Kehlmann's proven skill needs a sensitive and equally talented translator to transform images, jokes and all the complexities of well-drawn characters believably into another language. So well attuned is Janeway to the author's style and sensibility that I did not find a single false note in the entire book.
Although I persuaded myself that I was reading a tale with a distinctly German "personality," there was much in Kehlmann's study of a family in crisis that I connected with: the thoughtless disloyalties and acts of selfishness along with mutual co-dependence; the sense of shared fates even as each seeks to forge a separate life.
Kehlmann's rendering of life's mysteries, and Janeway's seemingly effortless brilliance as a translator allow the reader a window to another world, another language, as if looking (and listening) through clear, highly polished glass.
Ellah Allfrey is an editor and critic. She lives in London.
For all of the literature that's written around the world not much of it makes its way to the U.S. Books written in other languages that end up being translated into English make up just 3 percent of what's published here. And international fiction is just a fraction of that. Critic Ellah Allfrey has been paying particular attention to this category. Here she is with the review of a new German novel by Daniel Kehlmann called, simply "F."
ELLAH ALLFREY, BYLINE: Let's give thanks to the publishing Gods. It must have been they who delivered to us Carol Brown Janeway and her wonderful translation of Daniel Kehlmann's latest novel. I, for one, am grateful. The book opens with an outing. Arthur Friedland is taking his three sons to see a hypnotist. When he's called on stage, his cool, fatherly self-possession and skepticism seem to prevail. He returns to his seat unaffected. They leave the show. Arthur drops his sons off at home and drives away. Later we find out that he took his passport and emptied the family bank account. The boys won't see him again until they're adults. This abandonment is the tragedy at the center of the novel. The next time we meet the brothers they're grown and each is in crisis. Martin, the son of Arthur's first marriage, is overweight and socially awkward. He's an ordained priest, but he doesn't believe in God. Identical twins Eric and Ivan were inseparable as boys, but now their secrets keep them apart. Eric is a businessman involved in some financial misdeeds. Ivan is an art dealer and a forger. In fact all three brothers are fraudsters. And through them Kehlmann, with dry wit and relentless pessimism, examines lives lived without integrity. We watch the brothers struggle and we wonder, do their problems all stem from Arthur's disappearance. And did something happen to Arthur on that stage with the hypnotist to make him run away? As he switches from point of view to the next, Kehlmann orates the fate of the Friedland family during the summer of 2008. It's just before the financial crisis and lives built on deception are threatened with exposure. This is a book for the reader who doesn't mind working hard. In one exceptional chapter there's an anecdotal genealogy in reverse that tracks the lives of Arthur's ancestors. Kehlmann's prose is sophisticated and dense. His musings on religion, art and life are intellectually rigorous and his plotting links all of the separate narratives in ways that will surprise and shock the reader. Even though I found all of the characters to be deeply flawed and unpleasant people the challenge made this a hugely rewarding read.
CORNISH: The book is "F" by Daniel Kehlmann. Ellah Allfrey had our review. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Lehman Student E-mail Accounts
When you enroll at Lehman, a Live@Lehman e-mail account will be automatically generated for you. Microsoft hosts the e-mail account, which is controlled by CUNY. This student e-mail system is based on Windows Live Hotmail, the most-used webmail service in the world, although it is customized and co-branded by each CUNY college. Live@Lehman provides current students and alumni with a set of communications and collaboration services, such as an e-mail account, a shared calendar, and an address book. For more information and a list of features, visit Live at Lehman FAQs
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The CUNY portal is a gateway to all things CUNY: college websites, information about applying to CUNY, registering for classes, events, campus directories, etc. the CUNY portal makes it easier and faster to find what you need. And if you register on the portal, the ability to customize your view will make future visits to the portal more productive. The City University of New York connects students, faculty and staff with a detailed directory of departments including the Help Desk, Human Resources, Registrar, Student Life and ePermit Campus Approvers among others.
- Blackboard is the online course management system used at Lehman College and CUNY. Each semester, hundreds of courses taught at Lehman College have an active Blackboard presence. Some faculty use Blackboard to store and provide students with electronic course materials while others create fully-online course environments. Thousands of students are enrolled in these courses every semester.
- Lehman College offers support to students that use Blackboard. This website contains resources for finding answers to common Blackboard issues, tips and tools for getting started with Blackboard, and contact information for those who seek direct, one-on-one support.
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A cyst (SIST) is a growth containing fluid, blood, tissue, or a combination of these. It may occur anywhere in your body. A cyst on an ovary is called an ovarian (oh-VAIRee-an) cyst. Some ovarian cysts cause no symptoms. Many go away on their own. They are so common that it is not known how many women have them.
Most ovarian cysts are harmless, but they can cause pain and make you uncomfortable. However, a small number of ovarian cysts are cancerous (malignant). The risk of cancer goes up as a woman gets older.
The ovary is the part of a woman's body that produces eggs. Women who do not release eggs (ovulate) regularly are more likely to develop ovarian cysts.
Experts think that non-cancerous cysts do not affect the way a woman's body works or her ability to become pregnant.
Call your doctor right away if you have sharp pain in the lower belly. This may mean that a cyst is about to break open (rupture) or already has broken.
Other symptoms may include:
Call your doctor if you have 2 or more of these symptoms.
No one knows exactly what causes an ovarian cyst. Some experts think that common ovarian cysts come from a hormonal imbalance. If a woman has a hormonal imbalance, her body will not make eggs (ovulate). In most cases, this imbalance does not last long. The doctor may want to just watch you until the cyst goes away.
There are 3 major types of ovarian cysts: functional, benign neoplasms, and malignant.
Functional CystsFunctional cysts are common in women who have not gone through menopause. One type of functional cyst, called a follicle cyst, happens when a woman does not ovulate. The cyst is filled with watery fluid. It usually goes away on its own. No treatment is needed.
Another type of functional cyst, called a hemorrhagic (hem-or-AJ-ick) cyst, happens when an egg breaks free from the ovary to begin its journey to the fallopian tubes. Sometimes, after the egg breaks free, the tissue that is left closes and bleeds within itself. This blood-filled cyst usually goes away on its own. Treatment might not be needed. In some cases, this cyst may break and cause heavy bleeding in the belly.
Benign NeoplasmsBenign (bee-NINE) means not cancerous. Neoplasm (NEE-oh-plazm) means a growth or tumor. The most common benign neoplasm of the ovary is the dermoid cyst. This unusual cyst is made up of hair and fatty tissue. No one knows exactly how or why these cysts form. Some experts think they may form from an immature egg, which can make different body tissues.
Most women with dermoid cysts have no symptoms. The cysts may be found during a routine pelvic exam. These cysts must be removed by surgery.
Endometriosis (END-oh-mee-tree-OH-sis) is another common and benign condition. It may be caused by many cysts in a woman's pelvic area. Or there may be one large blood filled cyst within the ovary.
There are other kinds of benign neoplasms of the ovary, but they are less common.
Malignant CystsMalignant (cancerous) cysts are more common in women who have gone through menopause. Women who have gone through menopause usually do not get functional cysts. The danger with malignant ovarian cysts — for all women — is that they rarely cause any symptoms until they are very large.
If you think you have an ovarian cyst, call your doctor right away. He or she will perform a pelvic exam. Many cysts can be felt during a pelvic exam, if they are large enough. You may need further testing.
The treatment for an ovarian cyst is based on the type of cyst. Different types of cysts often have similar symptoms. They may look the same with ultrasound. For that reason, your doctor may watch the cyst for several weeks to see if it disappears on its own.
Sometimes, the doctor may prescribe low-dose birth control pills. These pills stop your body from releasing eggs. That allows time for the cyst to go away on its own before the body resumes its regular cycle. If the cyst does not go away, or if it grows larger, then the doctor considers surgery.
A cystectomy (sis-TECK-toe-me) is one surgical procedure that may be used to remove the cyst from the normal ovarian tissue. If the cyst cannot be removed, then the entire ovary is removed.
These procedures can be done by laparoscopy (lap-ah-RAW-sko-pee). Two or 3 small cuts are made in the wall of the lower belly (abdomen). The doctor then uses a lighted scope and small instruments to remove the cyst.
A laparotomy (lap-ah-RAW-toe-me) is more like standard surgery. A large cut is made in the abdomen, below the belly button. If cancer is suspected, the doctor may do a laparotomy to check other areas in the pelvis and abdomen for possible cancer.
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Drafthouse Films has acquired U.S. rights to Danish filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer's documentary "The Act of Killing" for a 2013 release.
The movie, which screened at the Toronto and Telluride International Film Festivals, explores former Indonesian death squad leaders who are challenged to reenact their real-life mass-killings.
"The Act of Killing" was produced by Signe Byrge Sørensen for Final Cut for Real.
Variety's Peter Debruge said in his Toronto review, " The incendiary experiment is a bombshell, both for opening the world's eyes to Indonesia's recent bloody history and vis a vis the tradition of objective nonfiction filmmaking. Already a hot potato at its Telluride premiere, pic will stir controversy wherever it travels."
The deal was negotiated by Tim League, James Emanuel Shapiro and Evan Husney on behalf of Drafthouse Films and Philippa Kowarsky of Cinephil on behalf of the film's producers.


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Round The World by Bike: Into Siberia – Siberia, Russia
Round The World by Bike
Into Siberia
"We are the Pilgrims, Master: we shall go
Always a little farther: it may be
Beyond that last blue mountain barred with snow,
Across that angry or that glimmering sea"
James Elroy Flecker
"Good luck with the last long cold leg, Alastair"
Ran Fiennes
If you head West long enough you reach the East. 482 years to the day since Sebastian d'Elcano got home I watched the GPS tick over from 179 degrees West to 179 degrees East and confirmed for myself that the Earth really is round. I hope that you enjoyed September 7th 2004. Did the sun shine? How was lunch? I will never know as the International Date Line stole that day from me.
Bored ramblings prompted from an endless horizon of empty ocean: I was aboard the Canmar Dynasty, sailing from Alaska to Asia, my fifth and final continent. The Canmar Dynasty is a 187m long freight ship and this ocean crossing was an entirely different experience to my previous boat trips on this journey. I had a bed with sheets, an en suite bathroom, and three meals cooked for me a day. An Indian crew meant the food was superb and I had nothing harder to do than read, watch movies and stare at the blue horizon. I was, of course, bored senseless. But it was a good way of appreciating just how vast the Pacific Ocean really is.
I have been predominantly alone for three years now; an experience that has ranged from the sublime to the suicidal. I have learned much about myself, not least of which being the realization that I am not as interesting a person to spend time with as I thought I was before I left home. One can only compose so many "All-time-greatest Leeds United teams" to pass the time and entertain oneself. And so I decided that some company would be a good thing for the long ride home. Failing to think of any girls who were not only beautiful and inexplicably attracted to me, but also willing to endure unwashed weeks of tent-bound squalor across Siberia, I was forced to lower my standards hugely, and so I have ended up with Rob.
Rob joined me briefly in Ethiopia and in South America, and my first bike trip was with him – the Karakoram Highway from Pakistan to China in 1997. We were also at school and University together. Ever since we were at school Rob had had the ridiculous dream of cycling from Shanghai to London. Like most glorious dreams it was destined to remain always a dream. I began a devious email campaign, politely pointing out to him that his life was dull.
I was ably assisted by one of history's greatest thinkers:
"Look, if you had one shot, one opportunity, to seize everything you ever
wanted – one moment – would you capture it, or just let it slip?"
Rob had been teaching in Oxford for the last couple of years, and, like many teachers in Britain, he did not take much persuading to decide to escape. He chose to cycle half way round the world instead.
So now we are two. Things will be very different now. Not better or worse – just different. Some things will become much easier and it will be good to have somebody to share the good and bad times with. I am going to have to learn to compromise once more and there are bound to be times when we would cheerfully abandon the other person again. Security may be a bigger issue now, as my trump card for the past three years has been my very vulnerability – smiling wide and playing dumb. Now we will look more like two bumbling tourists ripe for picking. I think also that I am probably going to have to stop picking my toenails when I cook dinner. Now you can read Rob's versions of my tall tales on his own website: www.cyclinghomefromsiberia.com.
"Magadan" is a word soaked in "Auschwitz"-like terror from the evil years of Stalin and the Gulags. Today, thankfully, Siberia is a far calmer place and Magadan is now up alongside "Timbuktu", "Ushuaia" and "Ulan-Bator" in the list of place names guaranteed to set an adventurous soul scurrying for the atlas and the airport and the ends of the world. For me now it is the beginning of the long road back home.
Tourist visas for Russia are limited to just 30 days and are not extendable. There is no way we could have made it down to Vladivostok in that time: Siberia is bigger than the USA, Alaska and Western Europe combined, and if it were detached from Russia, Siberia would still be by far the largest country on earth. What good fortune then, that I happen to be the Life President of the little-known and recently formed company called "English Wildman Wafflings Ltd" and therefore was able to secure a 90 day Business Visa. We were also incredibly fortunate that Rob happened to be the Vice-President. We are prepared for some chilly winter weather because "Hitler and Napoleon, to name two, discovered that Russia at certain times of the year can be tough on visitors". The next 90 days promise to be daunting and exciting. But after 6 months in North America this is exactly what I need – 6 months of civilization is definitely too much for any man. I am sure we will often be asking ourselves "What on Earth are we doing here?" But I know exactly what I am doing now: I am going home at last.
In Siberia – Colin Thubron. A wise man and a fine writer.
Adventure Capitalist – Jim Rogers. You can go round the world with a 5 year budget of $11,000 and a bicycle, or you can be a billionaire in a 4WD yellow Mercedes convertible sports car. Jealous? Me?
SIBERIAN Kit list:
BIKE: Blackburn Expedition back rack, Jandd Extreme front rack, 4 large, waterproof panniers (Karrimor and Edinburgh Bicycle), barbag (Edinburgh Bicycle), 2 large dry-bags (Ark),�@bungees, odometer (and bike!).
SPARES: tyre, tubes, puncture kit and pumptoolkit, spokes (DT), chain, duct tape, zip ties, string, wire, Leatherman, Cables, Bearings, Grease and oil, Screws and bolts.
CAMPING: Tent (Coleman), Down sleeping bag (3 season), Thin (1 season) down bag, Sleeping bag liner, Therm-a-rest, Foam sleeping mat, Head torch (Princeton) and batteries (Lithium).
COOKING: Stove and spare, Fuel bottles, Pan (1.5L+ per person) and lid, Water bag (10l), Camelbak, Spoon, Mug and bowl, Thermos flasks.
CLOTHING: Thin thermals, Thick turtle neck thermals, Trousers (Rohan), Ron Hill trousers, Non-cotton shirt, Different thickness socks (Thorlos), Cycling shoes (Scarpa), Winter footwear overboots (N.E.O.S), Sleeveless fleece vest, Thin fleece jacket, Thick fleece jacket (Windstopper), "Feathered Friends" Down Jacket, Windproof Goretex Karrimor Jacket, Windproof trousers, Thin gloves, Mittens, Windproof outer gloves, 'Poagies' (down handwarmers for handlebars), Thin hat, Fur hat, Face mask, Sunglasses, goggles.
MISCELLANEOUS: Sun cream, Vaseline, Toilet paper, Toothbrush, Camera stuff, Diary, Maps, Book, Introductory letter in Russian, Knife, Hacksaw, Mossie spray, First aid, Foam square to sit on, Passport and paperwork, Credit cards, US dollars.


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First in Germany and then
in the USA, different methods were developed for the production
of chelating substances for specific industrial use, such as
the prevention of calcium in hard water from causing staining
or other problems in textile printing. Citric acid was commonly
used for this purpose until first a compound known as NTA, and
then EDTA (ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid), were
developed and patented to do the job more efficiently.
During the Second World War
research was carried out on sodium salts of EDTA in order to
establish whether these would be useful as an antidote to poison
gas. Earlier chelating compounds which had been used in this
role, such as BAL (British antiLewisite), had proved effective
when either externally applied or used systemically in neutralizing
the arsenic in poison gas, but had themselves been found to be
severely toxic in other ways.
A compound of sodium citrate
was used in 1941 to chelate lead from the bodies of people poisoned
by this heavy metal and later research established that EDTA
contained a highly effective antidote to heavy metal toxicity
(lead poisoning, for example), since it chelated just as well
with lead as it did with calcium when it was infused into the
bloodstream, and without any side effects.
It was at Georgetown University
that Dr. Martin Rubin (who had studied under Frederick Bersworth,
the major American pioneer researcher into EDTA)
conducted the first research into the biological effects of EDTA
on humans. These studies showed its effects on lowering calcium
levels, although this had not been the objective of the work,
which had focused on discovering its degree, or lack, of toxicity.
According to Dr Rubin, who
was the chief researcher into EDTA's applications in treatment
of humans at that time, a Dr Geschikter was the first to use
an EDTA compound for treatment of a human. This work was also
done at Georgetown University, using the chelating ability of
EDTA to assist in the carrying into a patient of the heavy metal
nickel with which it had been chemically bound
in a vain attempt to treat an advanced tumour. There were sadly
no benefits to the patient, but perhaps more importantly from
the viewpoint of the benefits later seen with EDTA usage, there
were no harmful effects either: all of the nickelEDTA
complex which was put into the patient was found to be excreted
via the urine, unchanged.
It was in the early 1950s
that EDTA was first used in the treatment of lead poisoning,
with pleasantly surprising and often dramatically unexpected
results. Workers in battery factories frequently developed lead
poisoning, as did sailors in the US Navy who painted ships with
leadbased paint. Intravenous infusions of EDTA successfully
dealt with this problem, and indeed to this day the Food and
Drug Administration (FDA) in the USA suggests EDTA chelation
as the ideal method of treating not only lead poisoning but also
as the emergency treatment for hypercalcaemia. It was found that
there was often a marked improvement in the circulatory status
of patients with chronic lead poisoning, who also had atherosclerotic
(atheromatous deposits in the arteries) conditions and who were
being treated by EDTA infusion.


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No it's not some ultra misterious indexing feature that will make your database fly like it's on steroids.
Hypothetical indexes and database objects in general are simply objects created by DTA (Database Tuning Advisor)
Their names look like this:
* = some autogenerated name
If you're going to implement the recommendations given by the DTA then do rename the objects to avoid confusion.
Checking if an index is hypothetical is simple. Just run this query:
FROM sys.indexes
WHERE is_hypothetical = 1
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Metropolitan Exposition-Recreation Commission
The Commission manages convention, exhibition, and performing arts facilities, including the Oregon Convention Center (OCC), the Portland'5 Center for the Arts, and the Portland Metropolitan Exposition Center (Expo Center). These venues attract over two million visitors annually to international, national, and regional events that contribute to the livability of this region.
MERC is a seven-member public commission of Metro consisting of business and civic leaders who share a commitment to promoting the metropolitan region as a visitor destination and protecting the public investment in these important regional facility assets it manages on behalf of the region's citizens.
Contact: Margie Helton, 503-797-1780
Commission Website: http://www.mercvenues.org/


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Baylor's Accelerated Nursing Program in Dallas Equips Students, Addresses Workforce ShortageMay 7, 2014
National Nurses Week highlights the United States' largest health care profession
Follow us on Twitter: @BaylorUMediaCom
Contact: Eric Eckert, 254-710-1964
WACO, Texas (May 7, 2014) – "You can do anything for a year."
That's the adage adopted by students enrolled in Baylor University's Louise Herrington School of Nursing's 12-month accelerated baccalaureate nursing program, known as FastBacc. In just three semesters – summer, fall and spring – students earn 62 credit hours and leave as registered nurses.
The coursework is intense. The model is rare. The results are tangible.
"Eighty-five percent of our students are employed prior to pinning, and 99 percent have jobs by the time they have their license," said Nan Ketcham, M.S.N., senior lecturer and program coordinator.
Training qualified health care professionals is key as the nation experiences a nursing shortfall.
According to the American Nurses Association (ANA), which is celebrating National Nurses Week May 6-12, "nurses will be more crucial than ever" as the Affordable Care Act is fully implemented.
Nursing is the nation's largest health care profession, with nearly three million employed professionals. However, the federal government projects more than one million new RNs will be needed by 2022 to fill new jobs and replace RNs who leave the profession, according to the ANA.
Texas is no exception.
The Texas Center for Nursing Workforce Studies shows that there are approximately 195,000 registered nurses in the state. Based on 2006 projections, by 2020, Texas will need nearly 100,000 more.
The FastBacc program is doing its part to fill the gap, Ketcham said, adding that in 2008 Baylor sought to create a program that meets the needs of those seeking a career change to nursing and provides excellent training in a relatively short amount of time.
"At the time, there were 15-month programs and 18-month programs in Texas, but there were no 12-month programs," she said. "We knew that students would need to quit their jobs and devote the time to this and we wanted them back in the workforce as nurses as soon as possible."
Next week, the program will graduate 37 students – including its 100th.
Each year's FastBacc class at Baylor is always full and there's often a waiting list, Ketcham said. Classes are capped at 50-60 students due to the intensity of the curriculum.
"It's definitely the most difficult thing I've ever done, but it's also the most rewarding," said Adrienne Ferguson (B.A. '05, B.S.N. '13), a former social worker. She graduated in 2013 and now works as a nurse in the Level-1 trauma center at Baylor University Medical Center.
"It's over in 12 months and you wonder, 'How did I do that?'" Ferguson said.
The pass rate for Baylor's FastBacc graduates who take the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses is 97 percent. The School's overall pass rate (including those students who take the traditional B.N. coursework) ranks in the top 15 percent nationally.
Students range in age from 23-52, and all of them have completed bachelor's degrees in non-nursing disciplines – everything from criminal justice and communications to accounting and art.
"Every student had a different degree, but we all came to a point in our lives where we decided to go into nursing," said Emily Sloan, a mother of six (with another on the way), who graduated from the FastBacc program in 2012.
Sloan is currently enrolled in Baylor's Doctor of Nursing Practice, nurse-midwifery program.
"Maybe we've had relatives or friends who benefited from someone in nursing and we wanted to be part of that," she said.
Based on the program's job-placement statistics, licensed graduates of the program have solid opportunities to advance to graduate school or land a job.
For example, Ferguson knew in March that she'd have a job in the Baylor University Medical Center's emergency room when she graduated in May.
"Baylor absolutely prepared me for this," she said of her position in the ER. "It's a hard place to work, but I felt confident in the nursing skills I learned in school."
Ferguson said her job's physical proximity to the Louise Herrington School of Nursing allows her to stop by and consult with her former professors and, sometimes, get some much-needed words of encouragement. That attention from faculty and the University's focus on faith made the difference for her.
"They taught us how to take care of patients by the way they took care of us," she said.
Baylor University is a private Christian University and a nationally ranked research institution, characterized as having "high research activity" by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The University provides a vibrant campus community for approximately 15,000 students by blending interdisciplinary research with an international reputation for educational excellence and a faculty commitment to teaching and scholarship. Chartered in 1845 by the Republic of Texas through the efforts of Baptist pioneers, Baylor is the oldest continually operating University in Texas. Located in Waco, Baylor welcomes students from all 50 states and more than 80 countries to study a broad range of degrees among its 11 nationally recognized academic divisions. Baylor sponsors 19 varsity athletic teams and is a founding member of the Big 12 Conference.
The Baylor Louise Herrington School of Nursing was established in 1909 as a diploma program within Baylor Hospital in Dallas, which is now Baylor University Medical Center, and in 1950 became one of the six degree-granting schools of Baylor University. The first Bachelor of Science in nursing degrees were awarded in 1954, establishing the school as one of the oldest baccalaureate nursing programs in the United States. In 1999, the School was renamed the Louise Herrington School of Nursing after Louise Herrington Ornelas, a 1992 Baylor Alumna Honoris Causa, made a $13 million endowment gift to the school. The School of Nursing offers a bachelor of science in nursing degree and a master of science in nursing degrees in advanced neonatal nursing, nursing administration and management, and family nurse practitioner programs, which are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. The School also offers a nurse midwifery doctorate in nursing practice.
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